+ Search by Radical
Search for
PETS rank
Listen
Print Font Size
Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- component [kəm'pəυnənt]
-
-
1.
n
a constituent part or aspect of something more complex
- a component of a car
-
2.
n
element any electrical device, such as a resistor, that has distinct electrical characteristics and that may be connected to other electrical devices to form a circuit
-
3.
n
[maths]
one of a set of two or more vectors whose resultant is a given vector
-
4.
n
the projection of this given vector onto a specified line
-
5.
n
one of the minimum number of chemically distinct constituents necessary to describe fully the composition of each phase in a system - See phase rule
-
6.
adj
forming or functioning as a part or aspect; constituent
-
7.
adj
[Etymology]
C17: from Latin comp
o nere to put together, from po nere to place, put
-
1.
n
a constituent part or aspect of something more complex
Examples
- an active component → active
- a component of a car → component
- 构成部分
- component part → 构成
- 立体声音响设备
- stereo component system; stereo → 立体声
- 有机的组成部分
- an organic part; a component part → 有机
- 预应力构件
- prestressed component → 预应力
- 电路元件
- circuit component → 元件
- 辐合思维也是创造性的一个组成部分。
- Convergent thinking is a one component of creativity. → 辐合思维
- 石灰岩的主要成分是碳酸钙。
- The main component of limestone is calcium carbonate. → 石灰岩
- 丝素是茧丝的成分之一。
- Fibroin is a component of cocoon filament. → 丝素
Would you like to know more about this word? Simply click the button on the right to ask real people.
You can also check your questions and answers at ‘ My nciku > Posts ’.
Thesaurus
Revised Vocab Lists
This word has been edited
3 times by users.
Recently Reviewed Words
Content partners 
